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State Farm Rate Increase Hearings Set in Florida
The hearings will be held at noon and again at 6 p.m. to take public input. Florida law requires public hearings for rate increases that exceed 15%. State Farm, the state's largest ...
Source: BestWire Date: May 31, 2006
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U.S. Senate Bill Seeks 'Honesty' in Policy Exclusions
Honesty is the Best Insurance Policy Act. According to Dayton's office, it would require every insurance policy sold in the United States to list all exclusions and limitations in ...
Source: BestWire Date: May 30, 2006
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State Farm Seeks Big Homeowners Rate Hikes in Florida
State Farm spokesman Chris Neal. The nation's largest personal-lines insurer said it filed with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation for rate increases of about 71% on ...
Source: BestWire Date: May 12, 2006
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Financial Pioneers
...Life Bank: Strong Growth MetLife Inc. says it was the first insurer to form a bank as a result of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley legislation. Its bank became a legal entity in 2001 and ...
Source: Best's Review Date: May 1, 2006
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Fate of Florida's No-Fault Law Hangs in the Balance in 2006
Some want it repealed, just as Colorado did in 2003. Others, want it to stay, albeit with several serious reforms. "All of the industry is in agreement that the system isn't ...
Source: BestWire Date: January 9, 2006
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Update: Canada Brokers: Practices Could Withstand Scrutiny
Canada or in the relationship between intermediaries and insurers. "They basically gave the industry a clean bill of health," Danyluk said. Still, various provinces took their own ...
Source: BestWire Date: November 7, 2005
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Insurers Lament the Impact of 'Another Nail' Named Wilma
Florida homeowners insurance market, industry watchers said. "Wilma is another nail," said Sam Miller, executive vice president of the Florida Insurance Council. "It's not going to ...
Source: BestWire Date: October 27, 2005
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Briefing
Casualty Insurers Association of America. Katrina came ashore near New Orleans Aug. 29 as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale with winds of 145 mph. While the ...
Source: Best's Review Date: October 1, 2005
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Ten Arrested in $1 Million Staged Accident Ring in Florida
Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher said. The arrests are part of an ongoing crackdown by the Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Insurance Fraud, on personal ...
Source: BestWire Date: August 26, 2005
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Florida Market Changes Following 2004 Hurricane Season
Legislature approved several changes in insurance law. One of the biggest was the clarification of the valued policy law -- the so-called Mierzwa fix. Need for this "fix" stemmed ...
Source: BestWire Date: July 25, 2005
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Rate Cuts Keep Rolling in New Jersey Auto Market
New Jersey auto insurance market. In the 10 years leading up to 2001, more than 40 major insurers had left the state, and more were threatening to go, including big players such as ...
Source: BestWire Date: May 24, 2005
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State Farm Sued Over Converted Louisiana Homeowners Policies
Parish of East Baton Rouge by James H. Moore Jr. and Ken Carroll, claims the conversion resulted in policy costs increasing on average 30% and in some cases by 40%. The plaintiffs, ...
Source: BestWire Date: May 20, 2005
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